Q314 MT Exod 22:24 Km( OV(l) – Possible difference in
4QpaleoExodm XXV pronunciation.
5
hkm(Q315 MT Exod 22:26 )wh SV(1) – Difference in gender.^963
4QpaleoExodm XXV
7
]yhQ316 MT Exod 22:26 )wh SV(1) – Difference in gender.
4QpaleoExodm XXV
7
)yhQ317 MT Exod 23:31 yt#w SV(1) – Lexical interchange.^964
4QpaleoExodm
XXVI 15
ytm[Q318 MT Exod 24:1 omits SV(2) – 4QpaleoExodm has an
4QpaleoExodm expansive plus.^965
XXVI 20
]mty)[Q319 MT Exod 24:7 (m#nw h#(n SV(3) – 4QpaleoExodm has a dif-
4QpaleoExodm ferent word order to the MT.^966
XXVI 29
]w (m#nQ320 MT Exod 24:9 omits SV(2) – 4QpaleoExodm has an
963
964 The grammatically correct reading is found in the qere of the MT.
According to J.E. Sanderson, An Exodus Scroll from Qumran, 88, the scribe of 4QpaleoExodm replaced
the less common word 965 √ty#, “put, set,” with the better known synonym √My#, “place, set.”
At least one extra name is appended to the list of names of those who ate and drank in the presence of
Yahweh on Sinai. The SP includes two extra names, rmty)w rz(l), on which basis 4QpaleoExodm can
probably be similarly restored. The addition of the two names is a minor textual addition, but it has particu-
lar exegetical significance, in that all four sons of Aaron are here mentioned as joining those who witnessed
the presence of Yahweh on Sinai. The MT includes only the two older sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
who are later to be found guilty of ritual malpractice in Lev 10:1-2. The change to this taxonomy is as-
sumed to be part of a gradual process that increased the representation of the two younger sons of Aaron in
the Pentateuch. On this see J.E. Sanderson, 966 An Exodus Scroll from Qumran, 212-14. See also Q320 below.
The SP and some manuscripts of the LXX agree with the word order as it appears in 4QpaleoExodm.
The scribe of 4QpaleoExodm was perhaps more familiar with the expression that has the verb √(m# first, as
is known from Deut 6:3; 30:12, 13; see also 2 Kgs 18:22 and Jer 35:10 for similar constructions. The phras-
ing with √h#( in first position occurs only here in the MT.